He gave me a ring from a guitar string
that's nothing now
I'm feeling unwell, though in time
I know I'm gonna be better

I don't care what your mother says
I don't care who your father is

I'm going down, down, down
unfamiliar ground
Down, down, down

Until then the wind and the road
is what I've got, and that's medicine
So leave the red earth
yellow brittle grass behind
even your old crocodile
Let go of everything

I'm going down, down, down
unfamiliar ground
Down, down, down
I'm going down, down, down
unfamiliar ground
Down, down, down
Can't keep those rings
all those silver pretty strings in tune forever
You can't keep those rings
all those silver pretty strings in tune forever

I don't care what your mother says
I don't care who your father is

I'm going down, down, down
unfamiliar ground
Down, down, down
Down, down, down, unfamiliar ground
Down, down, down